Drawer-stop device.



H.A.Denex:. DRAWER STOP DEVICE. APPLlCATlUN FILED APR. 6,1914.

Patented Feb.15,'1916'.;

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DRAWER-STGP DEVICE.

Application filed April 6,

Va manually operated drawer stop which prevents the withdrawal of a cash register drawer beyond a predetermined point.

It is a further object to provide a cash register drawer stop that may be operated only from a segregated section of a cash register which is under the control only of those authorized to open the drawer the Y complete limit to reach portions of the drawer not open to the clerical force.

ln the drawings accompanying this specification and forming therewith the application for Letters Patent: Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional viewV through a cash register device, showing the drawer open to the limit permitted bv the lock. 2 is a plan view of the locking device with a section of the wall upon which it is mounted.

Tn the operation of cash registers in which the amounts received and exchanged are kept in segregated portions of the drawer it is desirable to lock the drawer so that the moneys deposited will not be eX- posed in the ordinary operation of making change from the change department.

This invention provides the necessary means for locking the drawer to accomplish this result, illustrated more specifically in the drawings, in which- 5 designates a cash register having a movable top 6 and base 7 on which the drawer 8 is slidably mounted bv means of the rollers 9. A shelf 10 divides the inclosed space between the top and base intoV a plurality of chambers, the lower of which contains the drawer S, and the upper of which is locked and access thereto only obtained bvl these having a lrey to open the same. llVithin this latter chamber is pivotally mounted a leverV 12 having a plurality of keys 14 and 15 mounted on its 0ppositely disposed ends, a suitable base 16 being provided to form a frictional bearing for the lever held in relation thereto and in the side of the casing 17 by means of a Specification o' Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15,1916.

191%. lSerial No. $29,793.

screw 18. Underthe linger plate a vertically disposed latch 2O 1s pi'voted by means of a pivot pin 21, this latch being of such `length to project through a slot in the fplate secured to the shelf 10, a slot being also carried through the material forming the shelf, the latch being of such length as to projectV below the shelf and engage in the path of movement of the draw r 8 upon the side of which is secured the strike 28. This strike is preferably mounted on the inner side of the drawer and is so placed in relation to the area inclosed within the drawer that the partition 24 therein segregates the receptacle between it and the end wall 25 from the change compartment which is divided as shown between the partition 24: and the front face 27 of the drawer. This drawer is particularly adaptable to use in connection with the coin control device, forming the subject matter of an application filed coincidently herewith April 6, 191%, and bearing Serial No. 829,792, in which coins are deposited within the chamber between the walls 24 and 25 and can not be tampered with by unauthorized parties who are able to open the drawer as far as shown in Fig. 1, but by those so authorized the cover may be lifted and by pressing the finger plate 14 the latch 20 may be lifted to the position shown in dotted lines and the drawer pulled out the balance of the way so as to expose the receiving receptacle or space between the walls 2-1 and 25.

Upon returning` the drawer to the p0sition shown in Fig. 1, after the desired eX- amination or removal of the contents of the chamber between the walls 24 and 25, the latch 2O is restored to its lowermost operative position, by depressing the finger plate 15 to rock the lever 12 on its pivotal mounting on the screw 18. The frictional engagement of the lever 12 with the plate 16 serves to maintain it in any adjusted position, with the latch 20 disposed in or out of its operative strike 23.

llhat l claim is:

1. Tn a drawer stop device in combination with a casing having an apertured shelf and a drawer mounted Vunder said shelf, of a lever pivotally mounted upon said casing, finger plates secured to the oppositely disposed ends of said lever, a pivoted latch secured adjacent one end of said lever adapted to project through a slot in said, Casing position in relation to the and enter the path of outward opening movement of said drawer, and means secured to said drawer arranged to engage said latch when the drawer is in a partly open position.

2. A drawer stop device comprising the combination with a casing having an apertured floor, of a drawer formed with a plurality of compartments slidably mounted beneath the floor, a lever pivoted in a chamber above the floor, frictional means en#` gaging the lever to hold it in adjusted positions, and a latch pivoted on said lever extending through the aperture in the Hoor and adapted to be positioned to be engaged vrbv the drawer on the opening movement of the latter to limit the opening movement of the drawer and prevent exposure of the rearmost compartments in the drawer.

3. In a drawer stop device, the combination of a casing, a sheli:` having an aperture Y position.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 26 day of March, 1914.

HOWARD A. DODGE.

IVitnesses:

EDMUND A. STRAUSE, MARIE BATTEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

